Charlie
@charlielapin.bsky.social
Originally from Montreal, currently in Berlin. Taxonomist in real life.
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My all-time favorite newspaper correction:
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My all-time favorite newspaper correction:
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ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
Derek Guy is the goddamn king
October 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Derek Guy is the goddamn king
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Can’t wait for suburbanites to flood McGrath’s coffers only for her to lose by 12 points
“This is a different race, it’s a different year, it’s a midterm,” McGrath said, comparing 2026 to her 2020 run for U.S. Senate.
‘Battle-tested’ Amy McGrath launches second Kentucky U.S. Senate bid
“This is a different race, it’s a different year, it’s a midterm,” McGrath said, comparing 2026 to her 2020 run for U.S. Senate.
bit.ly
October 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Can’t wait for suburbanites to flood McGrath’s coffers only for her to lose by 12 points
“The computer is alive and has feelings” is all kinds of grim, but you’re also a dolt if you believe that
October 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“The computer is alive and has feelings” is all kinds of grim, but you’re also a dolt if you believe that
Why are people writing clanker apologia
i’m completely serious when i say that much of the dismissive ai discourse on here fires the bigotry neuron
October 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Why are people writing clanker apologia
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I know we were all haters but this shit is worse than you can imagine.
I guess that’s kind of the point. Manmade horrors beyond our comprehension. Except there isn’t even a train wreck attraction to any of this because none of it is real.
There are no stakes and no status to be gained.
I guess that’s kind of the point. Manmade horrors beyond our comprehension. Except there isn’t even a train wreck attraction to any of this because none of it is real.
There are no stakes and no status to be gained.
September 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I know we were all haters but this shit is worse than you can imagine.
I guess that’s kind of the point. Manmade horrors beyond our comprehension. Except there isn’t even a train wreck attraction to any of this because none of it is real.
There are no stakes and no status to be gained.
I guess that’s kind of the point. Manmade horrors beyond our comprehension. Except there isn’t even a train wreck attraction to any of this because none of it is real.
There are no stakes and no status to be gained.
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/to the tune of "Buffalo Soldier" Michelob Ultra
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
/to the tune of "Buffalo Soldier" Michelob Ultra
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Holy shit what a finish to the Rams-Eagles
September 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Holy shit what a finish to the Rams-Eagles
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In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.
If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there
September 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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withered millennial: You used to have to pay for image hosting
spritely Gen Zer: what
withered millennial: Hotlinking images hosted by other users was VERY frowned-upon
spritely Gen Zer: who.... cares
withered millennial: in many ways, PhotoBucket was our Normandy
spritely Gen Zer: please untie me
spritely Gen Zer: what
withered millennial: Hotlinking images hosted by other users was VERY frowned-upon
spritely Gen Zer: who.... cares
withered millennial: in many ways, PhotoBucket was our Normandy
spritely Gen Zer: please untie me
September 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
withered millennial: You used to have to pay for image hosting
spritely Gen Zer: what
withered millennial: Hotlinking images hosted by other users was VERY frowned-upon
spritely Gen Zer: who.... cares
withered millennial: in many ways, PhotoBucket was our Normandy
spritely Gen Zer: please untie me
spritely Gen Zer: what
withered millennial: Hotlinking images hosted by other users was VERY frowned-upon
spritely Gen Zer: who.... cares
withered millennial: in many ways, PhotoBucket was our Normandy
spritely Gen Zer: please untie me
Aw man
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Aw man
Back when we respected the Computer
Dell Dude
Dell
2000-2021
Played by Ben Curtis, the "Dell Dude" sent his parents video requests to buy him a PC, before establishing his identity as Dell's eccentric spokesman. "Dude, you're getting a Dell!" Curtis was arrested for marijuana possession in 2003, but briefly returned as Steve in 2021.
Dell
2000-2021
Played by Ben Curtis, the "Dell Dude" sent his parents video requests to buy him a PC, before establishing his identity as Dell's eccentric spokesman. "Dude, you're getting a Dell!" Curtis was arrested for marijuana possession in 2003, but briefly returned as Steve in 2021.
September 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Back when we respected the Computer
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Rudy Giuliani Awarded Presidential Medal Of Incest https://theonion.com/rudy-giuliani-awarded-presidential-medal-of-incest/
September 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Rudy Giuliani Awarded Presidential Medal Of Incest https://theonion.com/rudy-giuliani-awarded-presidential-medal-of-incest/
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Remembering some guys www.immaculategrid.com/hockey/remem...
September 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Remembering some guys www.immaculategrid.com/hockey/remem...
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